Samar Hashem remembers the carefree summer she spent at Six Flags in Jackson Township, New Jersey. The amusement park was her space to feel free and hang out with her friends.

Cece Kersten holds a photo with her dad when she was little. In the photo, she is holding a stuffed animal named Teddy that her dad bought it for her when she was little. She still sleeps with it every night because it reminds her of family and home.

Madeline Johnson remembers going to Arkansas with her family over Thanksgiving break freshman year of college as a special time with her siblings. She does not get to see her older brother and sister that often, so spending time outdoors with them was a memory that Madeline thinks back on.

"Memories are out building blocks," Alivia Allers writes. Alivia hates the snow except when she is at her grandmother's house in Upstate New York. She remembers swimming in the summer and playing in the snow around the pond at her grandmother's backyard. The memories that go along with the grandmother's house remind her of being a kid and all of the fun times she had.

Laura Oliverio knows this as one of the only photos of her whole family together. Her parents got divorced a few months after this photo was taken, and she says they haven't been all together since. Even though she doesn't remember being there because she was a newborn, Laura says the idea of this memory is important to her.

Brinn Macrae remembers walking around Houston, Texas with her friends the summer after they graduated high school. Brinn misses her friends because, during the covid lockdown, she didn't see many of her high school friends she usually sees when she goes home.

Jasmine Rust remembers bringing her dog to a family photo shoot when she was little. Her parents won the photography session in a school raffle and insisted they only do it if they could bring their dog. Jasmine says she is close to her parents and keeps this photo with her when she is away from home at school.

"I actually got my first tattoo so I wouldn't forget that I'm free to do what I want, and now it's memorialized on me forever," Phoebe Smith said about her first tattoo on her forearm. She has plans to fill up both her arms with tattoos because she views them as a way to represent herself.

Claire Robbins holds a photo of her as a child holding her stuffed animal, Woofie. Her great aunt gave her Woofie when she was born, and she says she has slept it ever since. She can't sleep without it, and it reminds her of home.